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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17
A Terrible Animal. NA hstA

There Is 10 wild beast SO posiJ vely fearful to man as some other man. A particularly ferocious tiger can be caught and chainel and thus disposed of But your brother man stalks abroad in freedom, perpetual ter TOT. Men may bluster and brave IL out as they will, but the indisputable fact remains that everybody IA afraid of everybody else. How many men go about shut up in the prison of their own personality, and never really dis cover themselves to the world through the great wall of restraint that en- virons them. They stand lifelong siege in the fortress of their own in- dividnalism, aud the world has no battering- rams strong enough to bat ter down the walls and get within their citadels.
 Most people find It the hardest matter In the world to get acquainted with other men. They may speak to them every day, they may break bread with them, and live with them, but they never know them. Some times the greatest strangers live to- gether in the same family. The most intolerablc loneliness is the Loneliness that makes 4 man a reciuse In the crowd, in the social gathering and iB the circle Of familiar friends.
 But the majority of people never really get at each other. The social fear Is stronger than the fear of death Old John Brown declared that he suffered Qore from bashfulness than he ever did from the anticipation Of the scaffold. And bashfuIness is the one universal attribute of human na- ture.
 With the universal ccntripetal at- traction that draws men together there h always associated 6 rcpellant centrifugal force that keeps them apart. So 1t can be said that, all things considered, the most terrible animal for 6 man to encounter is his fellow man.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17

mother, his grandfather and whole line of ancestors had died of cancer, and that he had 1t. His throat was infiamed, he had pains and many symptoms of cancer, and an exAmina-
 tion discovered an unnatural growth in his throat. It could not be deter mined at once whether it was cancer or not. Finally I cut it out, and it
 was examined through a microscope and what do you think it was9 A third tonsil. Instead of two, he had three tonsils. It had become intlamed, and caused all the trouble. Of course, it had to be cut out; but, not being a cancer, the man had nothing to fear"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17
AN OLD YEAR SONG.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

As through the forest. dIsarrayed By chill November, late l strayed, AlOnely minstrel of the wood Was sIng1ng to the solitude; loved thy music, thus 1 said, When OCT thy perch the leaves were spread Sweet was thy song. but sweeter now Thy carol on the leahess bough
 Sing, little bird thy note shall cheer The sadness of the dying year. When violets pranked the turf with blue And morning Allied their cups with dew, Thy slender voice with ripping trill The budding April bowers would Ill, Nor passed its joyous tones away When April rounded into May.
 Thy life shall hail no second dawn,- Singi little bird the spring Is gone. And remember, we'll -a-dayi Thy full blown summer roundelay, As when behind broidered screen Some holy maiden sings unseen: With answering notes the woodland rung, And every treetop found a tongue.
 How deep the shadei the groves how fair! Sing, little bird the woods are bare. The summers throbbing chant Is done And mute the choral antiphon; The birds have left the shivering pines To fit among the trellised vines, or fan the air with scented plumes Amid the love-sick orange blooms.
 And thou art here alone-alone,
 Slng, httle blrdi the rest have flown. The snow has capped yon distant hill, At morn the running brook was still, From driven herds the clouds that rise Are like the smoke of sacrifice; Ere long the frozen sod shall mock The plonghshare, changed to stubborn rock; The crawling streams shall soon be dumb Sing little bird the frosts have come. Fast. fast the lengthenng shadows creep, The songless fowls are half asleep, The air grows chill, the setting sun May leave thee ere thy song is done, The pulse that warns thy breast grow cold, Thy secret die with thee untold
 The lingering sunset still is bright Sing little bird twill soon he night.
 -Oid Magazine.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17
Trollope's System of Composition.

Eugene PArsons, Tn 5t. Louis Magazine.
 Trollope had very remarkable power of composing under the most unfavorable circumstances. For q number of years the most of his writing was done at sea or while trav- cling in railway carriages. When he began a new book lie would calculate the exact time required for its com pletion, and allot certain number oi pages each week--the amount vary ing from 20 10 ll2. He finished his stint every day, whether sick or well, idle or busy. At home his literary work was begun At j:30 in the morning and usually finished before breakfast. It was his custom to write, with bis watch before him, page of 2J0 words every quarter of an hour. V nat hc thus hurriedly wrote his wife after wards copied.
 Troilope attributed his success to methodical habits of industry, and prided himself on having his books al- ways completed on time. Tn his later years they were produced faster than the public cared to read them and he kept several unpublished works on hand all the time. He thought his novels would have been no better if composed Ieisurely or after long in- tervals of idleness. Although he re- garded some of the stories quickest written his best, it is to be hoped no one will initiate him. It may be set down as rule that no artist or man of genius could unfailingly write as Trollope did: 1000 words fin every hour devoted to composition at cer- tain time every day. Perhaps we ought to except Scott, whom Troiiope resembles somewhat in his mode of writing. Both wrote from a full mind; but Troliope lacked Scott's imagination and fire. It Is evident that he was incapable even of sppre- ciating some of the best kinds of writ ing. Such productions as his cannot possess the highest literary value, and an ephemeral popularity is all that could be expected for the most of his novels.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17

"What did you marry my son for?" fiercely demanded an old gentleman of a clergyman who lad just united his runaway scapegrace in the holy bonds. 1.-Two dollars, sir" meekiy re- sponded the dominic, "to be charged to you.-BfnghomptOn Repu5ltcaa.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17
Rheumatism

We doubt R thero Is. or can hc, a specific Fcmetiy for rheumatism; but theasands who havc suffered its pains havr been greatly bon ented by Hoods SarsapaTillA If you have failed to Nnd rrlict try thls great remedy,
 "I was afflicted wtth rheumatism twenty years Previous to iSS5 found 10 relief. but grcw wrrSe. and at one time was almost help less. Heod's Sarsaparilla did mo moro gOod than Rli tho other medicine | ever had" Il, T. hllcoM. shirley Village. Mass.
 'I hsd rheumatism three years and got no relief till took Hoods Sarsaparslla- It has doae great things for nc. frveemmcnd h to others" LEWIS BURBANK, Rt,ideforNi, Mo.
 Hoods Sarsarartlla Ia characterized by three pecullarities ist. the eessasnattoH cs remedial agents, At, the proportions sd. tho prccess of securing the active medicinal qualities, The result is a medicine es unusual strength. eifcctiug cures hitherto unknown. Send for hook containing additional evidence.
 "Hood's SarsnrArilta tones np my system, partnes my blood, sharpens fty appetite, and aectnS ia make nie over" !. Y THOMPSON, Register ot Deeds, Lowell. Mass,
 "lioeds sarsaparilla beats alt others, and ls worth Us weight tn gnld," !. hAahINaroN. tN Bank Street, New furk clty,
 Hoods Sarsaparllla Said by all druggists, el six for eA, Made only by C. I. HOOD & co. Lowell. Mass.
 100 Doe0e One Dollar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17

A wedding celebrated in Protest ant church, and afterwards in Cath ollie church, makes rather . rechurchy affair.-NeU Oyse1as Pfcavsene.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17

A tablet of Colgan's "Tafy Tolu" chewed after each meal will promote digestion. It cleanses the teeth and makes healthy mouth. Always ask for Colgan's.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-17

chiIdssa csy fes Pisehss's csssersa.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-08
sengera were thrown down to the street
Three OF these we're instantly killed and
seven OF hers badly Injured.
Double Murder.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, Mar. S.-A special
to the Democrat says a horrible double
murder occurred at Lackey' rancho one dsv
last week. On Friday party riding ps..
the rancho discovered that the cabin had
been burneG. They also found the body Of
Frassier, Lackey's partner, lying a short dis.
lance away with his back perforated with
bullets, as though he had been shot while
running away Lackey was MISSING; but o.
searching the runs carefully his charred re
mains were found Ga Friday afternoon
several shot were heard in the vicinity ard
four Mexcans were seen leaving there 4.
short time afterward. 1t is supposed lha
they committed the cline for the purpose
of getting some money which lackey was
known TO have.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-08

BILL has been introduced in the Mich
igau legislature to divest the bishops OF the
Catholic Church of the title 10 all church
property, and to place that property IN the
hands of trustees for educational purposes.
Thu Catholic Church has as much right to
hold property as any other association or
individual, and neither State nor nation has
any more right to confscate the property OF
that church than that Of any other property
owner. But what is true of the Catholic
Church in this respect is true of all other
churches. And yet minimizing Catholic
members of Congress recently voted for
bill to confiscate the property of the Nor
mon Church.
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Attended Murder and Suicide

BUFFALO, n. y, Mar. S-Last night YIN.
Pohl, German, aged 80 years, fired lie
volver at Mrs Julia Waudp, widow, resi-.
ding on Michigan street but missed her. He
afterward fred at young woman named
Lena Trenkhorn, hut The bullet went wide
of its mark He then put the pistol to hi.
head and shot himself through the brain .ey.
pirug almost instantly. Pohl had been
paying the widow attentions for the pas.
six months, representing himself as single
man. She discovered that he was married
and refused to have anything further to do
with him.
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ALEX ANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH s.

THE CANADIAN minister of customs, IN
speaking about the bill recently passed by
Congress for retaliating upon Canada Tor
the seizure OF New England fishing smacks,
which she had right to do under the law
Of natious, says sits game two can play
att But the American Solons who passed
the bill referred 20 never conceived such an
idea as that until sitter their work was done
TIE real object of the bill was to exclude
Canadian fish in order to increase the price
Of New England, fish at the expense OF tne
consumers of this country. But as the e1'
norts of this country to Canada are tentoid
those of Canada TO this country, 1t can read
lis be seen, that so far as commercial retail
alton is concerned, Canada has the United
States at disadvantage.
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Canton, Ohio, wrought iron bridge compa-

The case of Balm, of the Norfolk national
bark, was argued before the Z. ,. supreme
Court to day by Mr.. Wake for Balm ana
Attorney General Garland for the Govern
ment. 1t is thought to day that the qir-
GINA coupon habeas corpus cases can not De
reached before next week. Among the
Virginia lawyera in the court room to-day
were Judge Crump, Mr.. Leigh Page and
Mr.. w. l.. Royal.
Among the lady clerks under Trotter, the
Presidents new colored recorder of deeds OF
this city, is Mr.. Lyons, widow of the late
Hon. James Lyons, of Richmond, Va.
The President will spend his semi CEN
tennial birth day, which will be on the 18th
inst, in this city. Hi5 wife ls not yet TWEEN
ty-three.
Representative Willis and other friends
of the River and Harbor bill assured the
President that he had constitutional ana
legal right to sign that bill at any time
within ten days after its passage, even
though Congress had adjourned, but he
"coulda't see it, If he had intended to
sign it, he would have done so during the
four DAYS the bill was in his possession be-
fore the adjournment of Congress
Col. Scott, U. S. A, was buried here this
afternoon with military honors. The Col,
onel was the compiler of the Records oil
the Rebellion" printed by the government
Col. H. c. Maddux has resigned the post
mastership st the Fauquier White Sulphur
Syringe, as he is atil resident OF Shenan'
doah county, Va.
The inferential ack wledgment by Post
master. General Villas that there is rule IN
operation 10 the Pcstoffice Department I'M.
der which no ex COME derate can be pro
noted in that department, as stated in this
correspondence yesterday, is the subject OF
no little adverse criticism among some oil
the Southern members of Congress remain
ing in the city, one of whom says he intends
to bring the matter to the attention OF the
next Congress.
The Department of State was informed to-
day of the opening of direct telegraphic com
munication between Mexico and all the
| Central American States.
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Eire andIoss ofLiGa

New YORK, March S.-A fire occurred at
> o'clock this morning in the store ofNicoll,
the tailor, iu the Bowery. Before the fire
was extinguished it caused loss of between
$4,000 and 100000. During the progress of
the fire blockade occurred on the elevated
railroad all the way down to South Ferry
and on the down track up to 18th street. A
number of passengers left one OF the trains
at 17th street and started to walk along the
narrow foot path at the side OF the track to
the station at 14th street. While doing so
the blockade was relieved and the trains be.
gan TO start. Their motion shook the path.
way to such an extent that number of pas.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The race between the Coronet and the
Dauntless has been postponed till to NOR
row.
About two hundred employees In the
Government Printing Office were discharged
yesterday.
The proprietors Of newspapers and job of
fees in Milwaukee, Wis, have signed an
agreement not to recognize the printers
union in future.
The worthless vagrant Henry Dodson
sentenced TO DO sold to the highest bidder
for seventy five days, was sold at Augusta
KY, yesterday for 81 10 JaiIer Metcalf, who
Immediately turned him loose.
A dispatch from Wall street, Now York,
Yesterday stated that Austin Colbin, for
himself and the Richmond Terminal Com
pany, offered Mr.. Robert Garrett, at din
ner the other evening. So, 100000 for hisin
terest ia the B & o. Mr.. Garrett laughed
at the proposition.
DR.. James Thomas Notely Maddox, a
well-known resident of Washington CO. Md,
died suddenly yesterday at his residence,
near B-eathedsvlle, OF heart disease, in the
seventy seventh year of his age. He was
born at Chaptico, st. Mary's county, Md.
and was the son of Samuel Maddox and a
descendant of Thomas Notely, proprietary
governor of Maryland.
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Els0ss WASHINGTON.

ESpea;al CORRESPONDENCE of the Alexa. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. March s, 1887.
The decision of the u 5. Supreme Court
Yesterday to the effect that no State mas a
right TO impose license tax on 0rummers
from other States, even though 1t may I'M
pose one on its own drummer5, is the sub
iect of good deal of comment among the
lawyers here to day. OF course, as there is
no federal tax OH drummers Northern mer-
chants can nov undersell the Virginia mer-
chants at the latter'5 own doors, as the Eir
ginia merchants are taxed by their own
State.
The failure of the deficiency bill at the re-
ceut session of Congress viii postpone the
mail delivery in cities of over ten thousand
Inhabitants until the commencement Of the
next fiscal year. when the necessary expense
will be provided for in the regular postotfice
appropriation bill. The failure of the def
CHENEY bill will also delay the readjust-
ment of the salaries Of those fHurth class
postmasters whose salaries would have been
increased. but not of those whose salaries
will be decreased.
The national department Of superintend-
euce, O voluntary association OF persons In
tsrested in public instruction, will assemble
here next week Among those mentioned
in the programme of exercises as partlci-
pants in the discussions that will take place,
is DR.. John l.. Buchanan, Superintendent OF
Public Instruction in Virginia.
The lowest bid for the construction OF the
proposed iron free bridge across the Potomac,
IN the site of the old Aqueduct bridge at
Georgetown, was SIS, 500. II was that fthe
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Death ofNIr. Reecher.

NEW YORK, March 8.-Henry Ward
Bsecher died this morning at $50 o'clock.
He began to Bnk slowly after midnight end
the watchers at his bedside soon saw that
the end was near. Mr.. Beecher passed
quietly away while asleep. He never re-
fed his mind. There were present at the bed.
side Col. H. B. Beecher, his wife, his daugh-
ters Hattie and Daisy and son Henry Ward
Beecher, Miss Edith Beecher, w. c. Beecher
and wife, Rev. Samuel Scoville, Mrs. S.
Scovile, eldest daughter of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher Miss Scoville, who has just
come from the Pacific slope, Miss Billiard,
the Rev. S. B. Halliday and wife, Bella, the
scotch nurse who has been with the family
many years and was the special favorite of
The deceased preacher, the male nurse Rior
don, Deacon s. Y. White, e. A. Seccomb,
one of the trustees of the Plymouth church,
and Major j. B. Pond. DR.. Searle
had noticed change in the patients condi-
ton at $3.50 a. M, and summoned all in the
house to the bedside, momentarily expect
ing his death, hut he fingered on much
longer than had been anticipated He
passed away gradually and almost imper-
ceptibly, drawing hia last breath without
apparent suffering or return to conscious
ness in any degree. Mrs. Beecher, said Mr..
Seccomb, bore up wonderfully and with
marvellous courage. No Grape was hung on
the door, Mr. Beecher having always object
ed to the use of this and the gloom associ-
ated with it in the presence of death. In
stead, magnificent wreath Of flowers hung
from the left side of the doorway at the top
of the stoop, composed of white and red roses
and lilies of the valley, and tied up with
white satin. The funeral will take place in
Greenwood on Thursday next Some time
ago Mr.. H. W. Sage, member of Plymouth
church, appropriated by will sum of money
to place statue OF Mr.. Beecher in Pros
poet Park after his decease. Mr.. Quincy Wood
the we'll known sculptor, who is TO do the
work, will call a. the house in the course of
the day for the purpose of making plaster
cast of his features 1t is not intended that
any examination shall be made of Mr..
Beechers brain organism
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A Appointments.

WASHINGTON, Mar. S.-The P. esident to
day appointed Henry A. Ehninger, of New
York, to be U. S. Consul at Cienfuegoy
vice W. a. Pierce, suspended, aud Le@is
Gerhard Reed, of New York, to be T. :.
Consul at Barbados, vice Robert Y. Holley,
suspended. These appointments were made
during the session Of Congress but failed Of
confirmation.
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STARTLING Discovery. G. Winner,
the we'll known matchmaker, of Whining
ton, n. c., reports remarkable discovery.
In taking observations of the sun in his bus
mess of regulating and adjusting chronome-
tiers for masters of vessels arriving at Will
mingtou, ne found on the Sd inst. that the
mean solar time was 10 minutes 10 10 sec
onds slower than it was on the 25th of Feb.
rusry, when observations were last taken.
Winner is satisfied that bis instruments
were in perfect order and his calculations
correct, and was particular in having the
latter verified by competent parties. Yes
terday be telegraphed the rezult of his OBJ
servations to the National Observatory.
IF Weaver is correct in his observations and
calculations this loss OF time shows that the
earth has been retarded in its revolutions in
six days-from February 25th to March =
Ten minutes and ten and slx-trplhs seconds
This loss Of time muk.s t:iiielence of over
a hundred aud ffy two miles III calculating
longitude.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The third trial of the Waller girls is now
in progress at Spottsylvania Court House.
The new grain elevator, the first ever con-
structed in Norfolk, was formally opened
for business there yesterday.
A Philadelphia capitalist has bought one
half of Hog Island, on which he proposes to
erect number of summer houses.
Mr.. James g. Doughty, well-known cit
izsn of Accomac county, died at his home,
near Pungoteegue, Saturday, aged about 10
years.
Assistant Bishop Randolph of the Episco.
pal Church, has been compelled to cancel
his appointments on the Eastern Shore till
the latter part of April.
Ii has been decided that the cornerstone
of Rcbmond's new city hall is to be laid
April Is Hon. B. r. Wexford, Judge of
the City Circuit Court is to be orator on
the occasion.
The Richmond city council rejected the
proposition to appropriate 500 900 to aid in
erecting the Lee monument. The objection
seems 10 be that the site selected is beyond
the city limits.
Dr. Hunter MCGUIRE, of Richmond, who
vas Medical Director of the Army Of the
Shenandoah and West Virginia in the Con-
federste service, will deliver the annual adj
dress 10 tho Alumni Association ofJeiferson
Medical College ofPhiadelphia next month.
The case Of Holmes Puryear, from Prince
George county, where he was sentenced to
be hanged for poisoning his wife, was called
in the Court OF Appeals Yesterday, and the
argument begun by Mr.. Edmund Pendleton
for the Commonwealth, and MIR. K. L. Will
son in behalf of the prisoner.
The democratic convention for Frederick
county yesterday nominated by reclamation
Richard E. Byrd for Commonwealth at
torney, Perry c. Gore for sheriff, John II.
Wotri.:" for treasurer, Joseph A. Nullon for
clerk cf lie Circuit Court, aud Thomas *.
Cartmell for clerk of the County Court.
The jury in the murder case Of Dix and
others, which occupied the time of the court
at Heathsville, Northumberland county,
last week, rendered verdict Of guilty of
voluntary manslaughter against Dix and
Brown and fixed the term OF their imprison.
ment in the peniientiary at three years.
The rest of the defendants were tined 50
each.
The announcement made in yesterday s
G 4RETrE that the U. S. Supreme Court in
the Tennessee case declared that it is IN.
cot Institutional for a State TO impose tax on
drummer5, will deprive the State of con-
siderable revenue now derived from tax on
commercial travellers. It is estimated that
the States revenue from this source averages
over q hundred thousand dollars annually.
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The SQUEEZE IN PoRK.--With re-
ference to The Chicago advance of nearly
81 per barrel in pork, IS compared with q
month ago, the Tribune of that city says
"The reason, or theapology, for this uprise
in prices has been previously stated to lie in
the fact that the hog crop Of the West is
very much less than was thought earlier
in the season. The packing Of the whole
West for the last four months is some 500.
900 hogs less than for the same time last
year, and the record Of this city alone has
fallen behind 100000 head. The stock OF
mess pork in Chicago at present is estimated
at 10000 barrels, ard the packing season
closed with the end ofFebruary. Hence no
further additions can be made to the quanti-
ty out of which the men who have sold it
short can fill their contracts. How much
they have agreed to deliver cannot we'll tie
told, but the aggregate yet outstanding cam
not be less than twice the stock, and may To
nearer three times rs much as is on hand"